Business Development Director, Debt & Credit

About the Opportunity

A leading global investor services group is hiring a Business Development Director — Debt & Credit to anchor its Singapore presence and drive the firm's global Debt & Credit sales strategy. The firm services a sophisticated client base across alternative investment funds, credit technologies, debt origination, loan administration, and securitisation structures, with a global footprint that spans the major financial centres.

This is a senior, quota-carrying seat. You will report into senior BD leadership and work side-by-side with regional segment leads and global product owners. The Singapore office is hybrid working, centrally located in the CBD. The hiring appetite is real — the firm is investing visibly in this segment, base salary for the seat has just been re-benchmarked upward, and there is clear leadership commitment to a multi-year build-out of the Debt & Credit franchise

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The Ro

leYou will own the global Debt & Credit go-to-market motion. Day-to-day, this is a hunter seat — net-new client acquisition is the primary scoring metric, with structured monthly activity targets around business partner meetings and prospect wins. Specificall

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  Drive the global Debt & Credit sales strategy, including pipeline management, forecasting, and pricing oversight across regio
• ns.Build and deepen relationships with Tier 1 debt & credit clients and intermediaries — leading account reviews, owning major pitches and RFPs, and unlocking up-sell and cross-sell opportunities across the firm's wider service offeri
• ng.Develop and continuously sharpen the firm's value proposition for debt & credit clients — partnering with product, regional, and segment leads to evolve the offering and bring new partnerships into the fo
• ld.Conduct sector intelligence, market research, and competitor analysis to surface new business opportunities, including lift-out prospects and adjacent product extensio
• ns.Monitor long-term client profitability, support local teams in negotiation, and keep Client Plans live and actionable so that multi-jurisdictional deals get worked through to clo

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What Makes You a

• Fit10+ years experience in Debt & Credit, with a proven track record of winning new business and originating manda
• tes.Strong network across private credit funds, debt managers, securitisation issuers, and key market intermediar
• ies.Experience selling complex, fee-based services, including RFPs, pricing negotiations, and long-term client developm
• ent.Most likely from a fund administrator, asset servicer, corporate trust provider, loan agency, securitisation servicer, or similar Debt & Credit-focused platform. Relevant Big Four and asset management backgrounds will also be conside
• red.Degree in Accounting, Law, Business, or a related field; professional qualifications prefer
• red.Comfortable in a target-driven, commission-based environm
• ent.Singapore-based with existing work rig

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• erredEstablished relationships within the private credit and debt funds ecosy
• stem.Regional APAC coverage experi
• ence.Proven ability to drive cross-sell opportunities across multiple service l

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What is On

• OfferA market-competitive base salary that has just been re-set upward, reflecting the firm's seriousness about hiring at this
• level.A meaningful commission plan tied to net-new client wins and successful RFPs — designed to reward hunters, with material upside for those who hit the t
• arget.A truly global remit — not a Singapore-only book — with the authority to shape go-to-market across re
• gions.Hybrid working, comprehensive medical and life cover, generous annual leave, and family-friendly pol
• icies.A senior seat in a firm that is visibly investing in the Debt & Credit franchise — the kind of platform where a strong operator can compound their network and reputation over the next 3–5